Hose-coupling.



No. 816,703. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906. o. E. BEWLEY. mass GOUPLING.

APPLKEATIOR' FILED JUNE 9, 1904.

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CLAUDE E. BEWLEY. OF LOS ANGELES, UALlFORNIA, ASSIGNORGF ONE- HALFTO JOHN (J. BEVFLEX OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOSE-COUPLING.

Application died June 9, 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. BEWLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and 5 State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

The primary Dbjfifit of this invention is to provide a hose-coupling which will enable to sections of hose to be connected with a minimum of trouble.

A further object of the invention is tdprovide a hose-cou ling wherein the coupled members are of i entical connection, so that I 5 the connection can be made at either end of any section with either end of any other one tion. As usually constructed hose-coup lings are made in paired memberslor example, male and femaleso that in makin co the connection the roper ends of the joins sections must be so ected. v

. 7 Another obg'ect of the invention is to provide a coupling which will notrequire any substantial amount of rotation of the hose,

:5 so that the hose can be connected'without having to turnaround to place a given part or side uppermost.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

e Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of the coupling morn ers of the hose-coupling. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of one of the coupling screw rings. Fig. 4 is a pore ective of the 3 5 con ling. end of one of the coup ing members.

ach cou ling member comprises a tubularbodyi, avm a shank or stem 2 for insertion in the on of the hose, a c 'lindrical body portion 3, and a head formed y lateral 4o extensions 4 from said body portion and provided with longitudinal extensions or projections 5.

Each of the cou lin members may have two of such longitudina projections or extensions, arranged diametrically op osite each other, and recesses flare formed in each of said members to receive the extensions 5 of the other member. Said recesses and rejections correspond to one another in width and are parallelsidedthat is to say, their sides extend longitudinally parallel to the axis of the coupling member. The recesses 6 and projections 5 alternate around the re- Speeifioation of Letters Patent.

spective members, so that when the members Patented April 8, 190B.

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are bros ht to ether the recesses and projections will inter ock. On the cylindrical, portion 3 of each cylindrical member-is arranged a ring 7, having a tubular or cylindrical por tion 8, slidable and rotatable on. saidbpdy portion, and a screw ortion 9, adapted. to extend over the outsi e of the projection 5 aforesaid and to engage screw-threadediportions 14 of said pro ections. V

The threaded portions 9 of the rings 7 are located at the outer ends of said rings closets the bearing-surface at the sainerondioinhe rin so that when the parts are toget or the lines of outward andinward strain are close together. It is owing to this fact that the rings 7 may be constructed to hear great strain without danger of breaking the strain on the threads e a ing one setofextensions at the outer eflgifthe ring bei'ng resisted at a point closeiothreadsby said outer end of the ring abutting endnrise against the other set of extensions. V M Each of the coupling members is desirably provided with shouldered means to retain the rings 7 in place, said means consisting for en ample, of rings collars, or flanges 10, shrunk or soldered on the said members in such position as to limit the rearward moizernentof the rings while permitting suficient movement to eneblethe parts to be. drawnte gether, as hereinafter described. Said; rings may be fastened to the tubular :member 1 afterthe clam ingrings 7 are in place.

Suitable gas et or ablgrprovided on eac of thecouplinggnembers consisting of rubber Washers or. aslgets 1 1 adaptedto rest upon the inner oren faced the coupling member and each having a -nippie,tubular extensiomor fiange..12,enga g 11.1 a countersink 13 in theend of thecoup member to retain the (gasket inplace when the arts are uncouple. The coupling is used as follows: Each of the conpling members is secured within the end of a hose-section by insertionof its stem in the hose and bindin the same in any usual manner to make a tight joint. The connection can be made between either end of any section and either end of one other section by bringing the coupling members together and slipping the projections of each member into the recesses of the other member and then turning the respective rings 7 so as to screw each ring onto the ends of the projections of packing means is clesir the other member, thereby drawing the members together so ti 7 htly that a tight joint will be made at the gas et or packing 11. In this operation the rear ends or shoulders of extensions 4 serve as an abutment against which the screw-rings 9 press to draw the coupling members together, the end of each screw-ring servin as a continuous annular bearing-face which operates against the shoulders at the rear end of extensions 4 in all rotative positions of the ring, and the screw portion of the ring being continuous, so as to extend across the recesses 6 and to engage with the screw-threaded portions 14 of the projections 4 in all rotative positions of the rin It W51 be seen that the connection can always be made without rotating the hose more than ninety degrees in either direction, since one or the other of the two lugs can be brought to any given angular position by such partial rotation.

The projections and recesses in each member being parallel-sided and of corresponding width, it therefore follows that when the parts are brought together as above described relative rotation of the accompanying members is prevented as soon as engagement begins between said members and does not depend upon screwing the parts completely home. Coupling members have been devised with projections tapering toward their ends, and in such a device interlockin is incomplete until the parts are screwed al the way u and there will be a close and in some con itions, owing to variation in the thickness of the packing-washers. non-rotative engagement of the members.

Various modifications may be made in the construction of the parts of the coupling without de arting from my invention.

What I c aim is- 1. In combination, a member for a hosecoupling comprising a hollow, substantially cylindrical body, one end of which is recessed internally around the base and externally longitudinally upon opposite sides and is provided with two shoulders and two oppositelylocated forwardly-extendin projectlons, the sides of the projections an of said recesses being straight and arallel with each other and with the axis of the body, the width of the projections being in correspondence with the width of the recesses and the upper surface of the forward end of each projection provided with screw-threads, and a rin adapted to screw upon said projections and abut endwise against said shoulders.

2. A hose-coupling comprisin two tubular interlocking members, each iaving a set of shouldered, longitu(finally-projecting externally-threaded extensions, and longitudinal recesses therebetween, each extension of one member fitting in a recess in the op osite member, and internal]y-screw-threadedhotatable rings on said. members, said rings being adapted to screw onto one set of extensions and abut endwise against the other set.

3. A hose-coupling comprising two interlockin members, each having a set of oppo sitely-Iocated shouldered, longitudinally-projecting extensions and lon itudinal recesses therebetween the sides of t e extension and recesses being arallel with each other and with the axis 0 the member, each extension of said member fitting in a recess of the opp osite memb er, and internally-screw-threaded rotatable rings on said members for engaging with said shoulders and extensions respectively, said rings adapted to screw onto one set of extensions and abut endwise against the other set.

4. A hose-coupling comprising two tubular members each havin an abutment and screw-threaded interlocking extensions projecting longitudinally therefrom forward of the abutment, a asket seated in each tubular member, 811C? a ring mounted to turn around each tubular member and engaging with the abutment thereon to limit its longitudinal movement, each ring being internally screw-threaded to engage with the screw-threaded projections on the other member.

5. A hose-coupling comprisin two tubular members having each a set 0 raised, longitudinally projecting, externallythreaded extensions, and internally-threaded rings adapted to screw onto one set of extensions and abut endwise against the other set.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribin witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county of fies An eles and State of California, this 3d day of une, 1904.

CLAUDE E. BEWLEY.

In presence of- ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, JULIA TOWNSEND. 

